Police arrest fraudster impersonating State House staff
The FCT Police Command, yesterday, said it arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly posing as a staff of the State House to defraud people.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, in a statement said the suspect, Abubakar Sadiq Abdullahi, was arrested for presenting himself as a staff of the office of the National Security Adviser at the State House to fraudulently solicit for favour from government agencies.
“The suspect was arrested on 4th October, 2018 following a complaint to the Command from the Department of Petroleum Resources that he wrote a letter to the agency with a forged State House letter-headed paper directing it to offer employment to one of his unsuspecting clients.
“Following his arrest, the Commissioner of Police Monitoring and Mentoring Unit carried out a discreet investigation that led to the recovery of some forged letters purportedly from the State House written by the suspect to some government agencies soliciting for contract offer and employment opportunities for his clients who pay him for such services.
“His accomplice, one Salisu Abdulrasheed, 24 years old, who assists him to produce the forged document, has also been arrested by the investigating team at Kaduna State where he operates his shop.
“The exhibits recovered from the suspects include seven forged State House documents that were written to some government agencies and departments and a fake Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) identity card which contains the suspect’s photograph. The suspects will soon be charged to court.”
Manzah said in view of the development, government and private agencies are advised to always do a thorough background check on documents, especially those soliciting for any kind of favour and also ascertain the source before acting on them.